Electrodiagnosis of GBS subtypes by a single study: Not yet the squaring of the circle

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-8

  Uncini, Antonino ^a   Zappasodi, Filippo ^a   Notturno, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GM1 ANTIBODY;

ACUTE INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; ACUTE MOTOR AND SENSORY AXONAL NEUROPATHY; ACUTE MOTOR AXONAL NEUROPATHY; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS;

EID: 84919774470     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2014-308220     Document Type: Editorial

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